Shameless Leadership

Dana Skoglund is a certified yoga health coach, yoga teacher and mother of 2 rambunctious young boys. She has been studying yoga since 2000, and teaching since 2004. Eventually her desire to take her health and wellbeing into her own hands and to learn how to keep her family healthy led her to Ayurveda in 2011. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is the sister episode to Stop Saying Sorry (Episode 149). So, if you haven’t listened to that episode yet, go back and do so now! Now that you’re done apologizing for everything all day everyday – let’s do some fun stuff. Moving forward, I’m giving you permission to be a quitter, to be imperfect, to live bigger and bolder, to try something scary, to forgive and to be POWERFUL - starting today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charmaine Ironside owns and operates two successful Fitness studios in Calgary, Canada with her husband Patrick. She also owns The Diet Dropout, a thriving online coaching business where she helps women overcome challenges with weight, food, and mindset on the road to living their best lives in their best bodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It seems impossible that it’s already August, right? I mean, you might be elated because SCHOOL – it’s almost here again. But you might also be bummed – where did summer go and did we really do all. the. things??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Renee Metty, M.Ed is a Shameless Mom to 3 kids, ages 7, 9, 11 and is the Founder and CEO of With Pause™. She believes that one’s greatest asset is the quality of attention you bring to every aspect of your experience. Through speaking, workshops and training, With Pause™ boosts your ability to develop richer connections, manage stress, collaborate effectively and renew your mental clarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We apologize so much it’s actually offensive. Your empty apology for being late means nothing. Your apology for taking up space in an elevator minimizes all women. Your apology for taking 24 entire hours to reply to an email minimizes the value of you and your time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 years ago, Julie Fry was fed up with too much travel and not enough control of her schedule or her family life. She left her corporate sales job and decided to buy a blog, BusinessAmongMoms.com to have more control over her life and spend more time with her kids. She quickly learned she was way too extroverted for a purely online company and pivoted to serve women entrepreneurs with community, education, and support for their businesses through networking and educational events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I recently received an email from Shameless Mom Marie. It was the exact email I needed at exactly the time I needed it – because if you are always on the lookout for well timed events, you’ll find they tend to happen all the time ☺. Marie shared with me her journey of infertility and the crossroads she is currently at. All of her thoughts mirrored thoughts I’ve had over the last year. It was pretty amazing to read her words and feel like we have been sharing a brain!  If IVF had worked for us last summer, we would likely be due to have a baby right about now. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. But I’m not thinking about it more than normal – because I have thought about our IVF experience and our infertility situation on one level or another everyday for the last year. Actually, I’ve thought about my fertility every day for the last 7 years – when we first started trying to get pregnant the first time.  WOW.  7 years is a long time to thing about something every single day. That’s 2,555 days. Perhaps I need a new hobby…. I wanted to take this episode to reply to the email Marie sent me and share with you where I’m at today – a year after failed IVF – at the time of my once potential due date.  Thank you for listening. It means a lot to me to be able to share here. And I am sending ALL THE LOVE to the mamas out there who can relate first hand to my story on any level. You are not alone.  Links Mentioned:Photo Credit: Kelsey Moll Photography (thank you Kelsey for our fabulous family photo session!) Sponsor: Aaptiv.com (use code SMA30 for a free 30 day trial)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shawna Kaminski has been a fitness professional in the industry for over 30 years. She has a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Bachelor of Education and too many certifications to count. She is a teacher at heart, having taught school for 20 years.  She’s a #1 best selling author of Lose Your Menopause Belly available on Amazon. She’s owned a small group training studio, multiple fitness boot camps, and she helps thousands of online fitness clients worldwide with her fitness and coaching programs. She’s appeared on national TV as a fitness expert, authored articles in numerous publications and created curriculum for international fitness businesses. Shawna is in her early 50’s, has two children and a one-eyed rescue dog.  Shawna is back on the show today to talk about her book and give us the lowdown on the truths and myths about aging, menopause, metabolism and how you can love yourself at every stage. Listen in to learn: Can you cure menopause? Lifestyle hacks to manage menopause symptoms Why you need to know about your cortisol, HGH, and insulin The truth about menopause and belly fat Why you want to incorporate metabolic resistance training into your fitness routine Why sleep and stress management are just as important as nutrition and exercise as you age Why small steps to change your lifestyle are better than giant leaps  Links Mentioned:Book: Lose Your Menopause BellySponsor: Aaptiv.com (use code SMA30 for a free 30 day trial)Sponsor: http://www.kindsnacks.com/sma (use this link to get 10 KIND Snacks for $10 + free shipping)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last Thursday morning I tortured myself with a Tempo run (which involved hard running for 1-4 minutes, with rest intervals in between). To distract myself from the pain, I started mentally calculating how many workouts I've probably done since I started working out (in secret) 22 years ago (after never breaking a sweat in my youth).I figure I've logged at least 5,500 workouts in at this point. That means:* 5,500 times I SHOWED UP even if I didn't want to (which is often). * 5,500 times I did something I didn't know I could do (I doubt myself at the beginning of almost every workout)* 5,500 times I did my best, regardless of how ugly or imperfect it was* 5,500 times I proved I can do hard things These 5,500 workouts have translated into:* Setting higher goals in all areas of my life* Trying new things, even if they are scary or I'm not sure I can do them* Remembering that I am strong, powerful and capable - even when life tries to show me otherwise* Knowing that I am in control, no matter how crazy things get* A sense of pride in everything I do - even if it's imperfect You don't have to do something 5,500 times to understand this or live this. But you do need to:1. Start2. Show up even when you don't want to3. Allow for imperfections4. Stay humble5. Own your wins6. Keep going It's really simple, actually. Just START. Here are some things you might have done 1,000-5,500 times without realizing the positive impact on your life:Change your kids’ diapers first thing in the amEat dinner with your familyWalk your kid to schoolDrive your kid to soccer practicePack school lunchesI know… I KNOW. These do not seem like life altering tasks. But they are. Truly. Listen in to learn why.  Links Mentioned:Sponsor: Aaptiv.com (use code SMA30 for a free 30 day trial)Sponsor: http://www.kindsnacks.com/sma (use this link to get 10 KIND Snacks for $10 + free shipping)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices